Lubricator



C. OOUSE. LUBRIGATOR.

(No Model.)-

-N-o'.- 521,702.` Parenteafqunelg, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT omen.

CHARLES COUSE, OF BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

LuBRicAToR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,702, dated June 19, 1894.`

i i Application filed February 19| 1894. v Serial No. 500,610. (No model.)

To @ZZ whoml t mayconcern.- i

Be it known that I, CHARLES CoUsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belleville, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricators or Automatic Feeds; and I do hereby declare the following to be af ull, clear,'and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvementsl in that class of lubricating devices-represented by the one shown `in my prior Patent No. 508,566, dated November 14, 1893,`the objects being to provide a lubricating device that will `be adapted for water or feed pipes, through which a very rapid and irregular stream is flowing to reduce the pressure in the oil discharge or passages leading from the reservoir so that the outflow of oil will be more free, and to secure other advantages and results some of which will be referred to hereinafter. Y

The invention consists in the improved feeding device or lubricator, having the arrangements and combinations of the parts, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally'embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure l is a central vertical section of the improved feeding or lubricating device, its relation to the feed watery'pipebeing indicated iu outline. Fig. 2 is asectional detail, taken at line Fig. Sis an end view of a 'partitioned or diaphragme'd coupling piece,

and Fig. 4 is a section of the same taken at line y.

In said drawings, a indicates the oil chamber or reservoir, which communicates with the feed water pipe, j, so as to receive'water therefrom. The oil is driven out by the inliowing water to lubricate the water in said feed pipe and the parts-such asa boiler-in connection therewith. 1 Said reservoir a, is supplied with a water induction pipe, h, adapted to convey the water. entering the reservoir to a point, as at A, beneath the oil, B. It is also provided with an outlet or feeding projection, c, for the oil, extending from the upper part of the reservoir, a valve, c', controlling the outflow through said projection, means, Z, by which the oil may be supplied to the reservoir, means, m, by which the water may be drawn from the reservoir after the latter has been emptied of oil, and a sightl tube, d, arranged around the projection,c, and extending upward therefrom to the oil eduction pipe or casting, t', and co-operatingparts which' embody more especially the present invention. These parts are all arranged substantially as shown in my prior vpatent above referred to. y

In my prior construction when the feeding or lubricating apparatus wasv attached to a feed water pipe through which the water was forced, with more or less irregularity butwith great rapidity and force through the feed water pipe, the feeding operations were rendered more or less irregular owing to the eddies and counter currents formed in the branch pipes near their connection with the feed water pipes. By the said prior construction, also, the machine lacked the force necessary to a complete out-feed of the oil therein. These objections are avoided in the improvements vwhich I will now more particularly describe. To the upper side ofy the reservoir is arranged in connection-with the water induction pipe,

above the same, a casting, i, arranged horizontally so as to allow an outflow of oil and an iniiow of water, the latter serving to take the place of the oil in the reservoir and the oil,

-by gravity, or lack of gravity, and its want of affinity for the water, doating outward over said water to a chambered coupling, h. Said horizontal casting, i, has, near one extremity means, i', to receive the sight tube, d, and form an impervious joint therewith, a plug, t?, in line with said sight tubefon the opposite side of said casting, for allowing access to said tube and the feeding projection therein, and near the center, said horizontal casting has a transverse water way, e', adapted to form a vertical continuation of the induc- `tiontube, b, said casting being provided with a lower tubular branch, e, connecting with the top of the reservoir and an upper nipple,

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e2, to which is coupled a vertical branch, c3, through which Water is supplied from the branch'findction pipe, g, connecting with the coupling 7L. By means of the vertical pipes, e, e3, a hydrostatic column of increased length is secured and thus an increase of pressure on the oil Within the reservoir is obtained.

The connecting tube, g, is curved upward" t admit of the insertion of the brauch, e, and a valve, f, is inserted at the joint to enable communication to the reservoir to be cut olf when refilling said reservoir with oil. A

valve, 70, shown in Fig. 2 more clearly,serves spectively receive the Aparts, g, z', the saidl par* titioil separating theentrances of said parts, g, pas Lindicated in Figs. 3 and4. "An end piece or plate, o, closes the end of the couplingextendinginto the"feed""`^ivater pipe, j;

saidplate being slotted to receivea'projectl ing lend* of` the partition, which latter "may serveiasatrivet tohold saidpl'atein place." Saidiend plate? isA provided l with finlet and outlet perforations, h4, h5, h6, which are coin` para'tively sm"allf"and lie distantdrom `the pipes tgl and fnso thatno eddies may beformed to counteract the actions therein: 1 l'lliel perforation, hf, is 'an oil exit which lies considerably above and avvay from the' pipe,

t', and Water inlet perforation, h5, "so that there will be nointerferencebf the ontiiow of oil." Thelperforation, h5, is f a1 small "one, and is olylintende'dlto keep la supply of Water inl thefsight tube and the `horizontal pipe, l

The perforation, h; serves to provide a Wayl 1 for the waterinto thechamber lt."

`It vill be evident, *that by interposing enlargedchambeisbetween pipes g and h and the feed *Water pipein the manner described, the disturbances produced by the rapid flow ofl water through -the said feedwater pipe will not be transmittedto the pipe, 1T, so as to interrupt a steady outiiowof oil.

1; `Inanlautomatic feeding device for oil,

&c., the combination with the reservoir and means forfeedingrthe oil-or liquid therefrom in small "quantities regularly, linto a sight tubeysa-id sight tube, a horizontal tube co`nnecting with said sight tube, supplying Water thereto-and receiving oil therefrom, and a feed vvaterpipe, of an enlarged chamber, interpesed" between the end of the horizontal tube 1and-saidfeed Waterpipe and having aY small opening into said feed water pipe, sub` The ends of the branch indu`c` ing projection and Water induction tube, b, the casting, t', having the horizontal liquid Way therethrough connecting with the sight tube, and a vertical Way therein crossing the first said Way, and connecting with the tube, b, below and forming a hydrostatic column above the same, a branch pipe, g, leading to the 'topI "of said column, and a partitioned coupling, h, connecting said parts g and t', all said parts being combined substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 3. The combination with the reservoir a, `having the water induction pipe ZJ, feeding projections c and sight tube, d, a horizontal tube orl casting, @connecting with said induction tube and sight tube but having its iiuid passage independentof thosein said sight tube and water induction pipe `andconnecting with anenlar ed chamber coupling having a small?feedingperforation through which the feed Water "entersi'siaidchainber andsaid enlargedchambered coupling, substantially as setl`fort`l`1:'"`" l 4a. Inlcombinatintvith the reservoir, and `pipe orduct`,,`for` feeding oiltherefrorn to thellfeed Water pipe, and said feedjvvater pipe, a chamber interposedibetvveen said pipe or duct l andI said" feed tvaterpipe for y preventing eddies being forneddnsaidduct, it, by the rapid iioW of Watei'l'in said water lppeand pipes orductsfor feedingwaterrto the reservoir" substantially "as "set'fo'rthid t l 5f; The "eolnbination` with' r the i reservoir, a, induction `tube,b, sight tube, d, `andhorizontal pipe, t', leading to-thefeed ,Waterpipa of a pipe or tube, c3," extending above saidhorizontal pipe and forminga hydrostatic col` umn of water above saidtube, "b", anda branch" pipe g, leadingto the top1 of said "column and a `partitioned couplingVt, adapted to connect said parts to the feed Water pipe, substantially" as set forth.

` 6. Thecombinationwithan automaticfeeding device, the pipes g and i, a cduplingh, adapted to be `connec'tedto the l feednater lpipe and having andnteriorpartition ordia` phragm extending `between `the mouths of said pipes, and a plate, o, lat `the end of said coupling having perforations It, at one" side `of said partition and Mit, for the outiiow of oil andthe iniiow of water respectively, substantially" asset forth.

"7i lncombination with the reservoir havingthe induction pipe, feeding" projection,

and sight tube, of the f casting lhaving the horizontal part to lead to the feed Water pipe and having means to receive the sight "tube anda downward extension, e, to connect `With:

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coupling, h, having an interior partition separating the entrances ofl said. pipes to said couplings and a rear plate, o, having perforations for the oil and 'water the oil perforation lying above said Water perforation to emit said oil above said water perforation to prevent the oil entering said water perforation. f

`In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 3d day of ro February, 1894. f

CHAS. COUSE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, LOUISA BROWNE. 

